"smet" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /smɛt/ Audio: Nl-smet.ogg Forms: smetten [plural], smetje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle Dutch smette, smitte, from Old Dutch *smitta, from Proto-West Germanic *smittā. Cognate with English smit, English smut, German Schmitz and German Schmutz. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|smette}} Middle Dutch smette, {{inh|nl|odt|*smitta}} Old Dutch *smitta, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*smittā}} Proto-West Germanic *smittā, {{cog|en|smit}} English smit, {{cog|en|smut}} English smut, {{cog|de|Schmitz}} German Schmitz, {{cog|de|Schmutz}} German Schmutz Head templates: {{nl-noun|m,f|-en|+}} smet m or f (plural smetten, diminutive smetje n)
  1. a stain, a blemish Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: vlek
    Sense id: en-smet-nl-noun-tx~XW81s Categories (other): Dutch nouns with m+f gender Disambiguation of Dutch nouns with m+f gender: 32 32 37
  2. (figuratively) an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure Tags: feminine, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-smet-nl-noun-hi7TwSPw Categories (other): Dutch nouns with m+f gender Disambiguation of Dutch nouns with m+f gender: 32 32 37
  3. (obsolete) infection Tags: feminine, masculine, obsolete Synonyms: infectie
    Sense id: en-smet-nl-noun-PzbkMHz1 Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch nouns with m+f gender Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 22 27 51 Disambiguation of Dutch nouns with m+f gender: 32 32 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: besmetten, ontsmetten, smetten, smetvrees, smetvrij

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "besmetten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ontsmetten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "smetten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "smetvrees"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "smetvrij"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "smet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "smette"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch smette",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*smitta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *smitta",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*smittā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *smittā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "smit"
      },
      "expansion": "English smit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "smut"
      },
      "expansion": "English smut",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schmitz"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schmitz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schmutz"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schmutz",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch smette, smitte, from Old Dutch *smitta, from Proto-West Germanic *smittā. Cognate with English smit, English smut, German Schmitz and German Schmutz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "smetten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smetje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "smet m or f (plural smetten, diminutive smetje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "smet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch nouns with m+f gender",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a stain, a blemish"
      ],
      "id": "en-smet-nl-noun-tx~XW81s",
      "links": [
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "blemish",
          "blemish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vlek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch nouns with m+f gender",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure"
      ],
      "id": "en-smet-nl-noun-hi7TwSPw",
      "links": [
        [
          "imperfection",
          "imperfection"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 27 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch nouns with m+f gender",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "infection"
      ],
      "id": "en-smet-nl-noun-PzbkMHz1",
      "links": [
        [
          "infection",
          "infection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) infection"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "infectie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/smɛt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-smet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/Nl-smet.ogg/Nl-smet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Nl-smet.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "smet"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch masculine nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with m+f gender",
    "Dutch nouns with multiple genders",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛt",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛt/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "besmetten"
    },
    {
      "word": "ontsmetten"
    },
    {
      "word": "smetten"
    },
    {
      "word": "smetvrees"
    },
    {
      "word": "smetvrij"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "smet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "smette"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch smette",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*smitta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *smitta",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*smittā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *smittā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "smit"
      },
      "expansion": "English smit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "smut"
      },
      "expansion": "English smut",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schmitz"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schmitz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schmutz"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schmutz",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch smette, smitte, from Old Dutch *smitta, from Proto-West Germanic *smittā. Cognate with English smit, English smut, German Schmitz and German Schmutz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "smetten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smetje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "smet m or f (plural smetten, diminutive smetje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "smet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a stain, a blemish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ],
        [
          "blemish",
          "blemish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vlek"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imperfection",
          "imperfection"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) an imperfection, a stain on something otherwise clean and pure"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "infection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "infection",
          "infection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) infection"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "infectie"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/smɛt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-smet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/Nl-smet.ogg/Nl-smet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Nl-smet.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "smet"
}

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